- alternative pop, bedroom pop, downtempo, indie pop
- 41 min
- 12 tracks
- Transgressive Records
My Soft Machine is the second studio album by British singer-songwriter Arlo Parks, released via Transgressive Records on 26 May 2023. It was preceded by the singles "Weightless", "Impurities" "Blades", and "Pegasus", a collaboration with Phoebe Bridgers. Parks toured throughout 2023 in support of the album.
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Grave, spare, contemporary and character-led.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
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Metacritic 75/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 7.2/10
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The Arts Desk3/5 ★
- Dork5/5 ★
- Evening Standard4/5 ★
- Exclaim!7/10
- Gigwise8/10 ★
- musicOMH4/5 ★
- Pitchfork6.9/10
- PopMatters6/10
- The Skinny4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Bruiseless1:12
- 2Impurities3:49
- 3Devotion2:46
- 4Blades3:41
- 5Purple Phase4:25
- 6Weightless4:03
- 7Pegasus3:07
- 8Dog Rose3:08
- 9Puppy3:14
- 10I’m Sorry3:07
- 11Room (Red Wings)4:28
- 12Ghost3:48
12 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Arlo Parks
- Label
- Transgressive Records
- Released
- May 26, 2023
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- GB
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